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Tree fruit is exactly that – fruits on trees. This includes apples, pears, plums, peaches, apricots etc. Remember, they’ll all need some winter pruning.

Latin name

Malus sylvestris var. domestica ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’

Common name

Apple

Type of plant

Tree

Hardiness

Hardy

Flower colour

White

Leaf colour

Mid-green

Height and spread

2m to 4m x 2m to 4m (6.6ft to 13.1ft)

Description

This classic apple which has green-red fruit, fruits in mid-season. Fruit are crisp and store well if kept dry, cool and dark. Different rootstocks will give different sized trees – select the one appropriate to the amount of space you have.

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Malus sylvestris var. domestica ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’, Apple

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